Profile of Lago

secound question is biased (ofc it would scale better), but the question is: does it need it? already more than enough o-shit-i-got-outplayed-smoke in the game

That's a fair point. Too late to edit it now though.

The Stuart works as well as the Puma and AEC in in the light vehicle phase, but its high-armour, low penetration design drops off hard once medium tanks roll out.

I made some suggestions to help it scale in another thread that were well-received, so here's a poll.

Stuart Skillshot

The Stuart's Point Blank Engine Shot is an amazing ability on paper. However, everyone who's used it knows firsthand how much of a mess the implementation is.

A solution is to turn it into a manually targeted skill-shot, like the Firefly's Tulips or the Pershing's HVAP round.

Give it 150 penetration up to Range 10, then have that rapidly drop off to 0 by Range 20.

150 penetration means it'll penetrate the rear armour of anything (it's meant to be an engine shot!), but it can bounce if you fire it at the front of mediums up.

You've now turned the Engine Shot from an unusuable ability to one with a lot of tactical depth.

Stuart Smoke

Give the Stuart a smoke discharger ability like the AEC, but lock it behind Major.

This gives the Stuart the survivability it needs to function in the mid-late game without messing up the balance of the light vehicle phase.

Now that Panzergrenadiers are T0, we could just give Stormtroopers two Panzershrecks.

The Sturmpioneer could be given the option to upgrade a second after two trucks are down, maybe?

The ability I'd move to Vet 0 is Spearhead. That helps with the KT's turret traverse, and the suppression it grants helps with the whole mobile bunker playstyle it's got.

Personally i feel the stuart is a bit of a weird tank. Its a more expensive and well armoured T70 yet its AI is pitifull compared to the T70 and has no late game potential. So the only real purpose is to use it as shock tank against less experienced players and to counter the 222 and the Luchs.

It's like it's geared super hard against the 222 specifically. The armour renders the 222 unable to penetrate it, but is next to useless against Pumas and up.

Its low penetration makes barely any difference against lights, but renders it completely impotent against mediums.

It's a worst of both worlds tank at the moment, with the anti-infantry performance of an AEC and the anti-tank performance of a T-70.